1979 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1979 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 1979 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 11–13 May 1979 at the Autodromo Dino Ferrari.

  1979 Nations Grand Prix

Race details
Race 4 of 13 races in the 1979 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	13 May 1979
Official name	Gran Premio delle Nazioni
Location	Autodromo Dino Ferrari
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.060 km (3.144 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Barry Sheene Time 1:56.130 Fastest lap Rider Kenny Roberts Time 1:56.000 Podium First Kenny Roberts Second Virginio Ferrari Third Tom Herron
350 cc
Pole position Rider Kork Ballington Time 1:59.020 Fastest lap Rider Kork Ballington Time 1:59.300 Podium First Gregg Hansford Second Sadao Asami Third Patrick Fernandez
250 cc
Pole position Rider Kork Ballington Time 2:02.330 Fastest lap Rider Kork Ballington Time 2:01.400 Podium First Kork Ballington Second Randy Mamola Third Barry Ditchburn
125 cc
Pole position Rider Ángel Nieto Time 2:09.450 Fastest lap Rider Thierry Espié Time 2:08.500 Podium First Ángel Nieto Second Thierry Espié Third Maurizio Massimiani
50 cc
Pole position Rider Eugenio Lazzarini Time 2:22.940 Fastest lap Rider Eugenio Lazzarini Time 2:24.500 Podium First Eugenio Lazzarini Second Rolf Blatter Third Peter Looijesteijn

Classification

500 cc

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Kenny Roberts	Yamaha Motor Company	Yamaha	56'49.700	15
2	Virginio Ferrari	Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	+10.900	12
3	Tom Herron	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Yamaha	+17.400	10
4	Barry Sheene	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	+31.900	8
5	Mike Baldwin	Serge Zago	Suzuki	+40.600	6
6	Bernard Fau	Suzuki France	Suzuki	+51.000	5
7	Jack Middelburg		Suzuki	+55.000	4
8	Philippe Coulon		Suzuki	+1'01.000	3
9	Graziano Rossi	Morbidelli	Morbidelli	+1'39.700	2
10	Gianni Pelletier		Suzuki	+1 lap	1
11	Steve Parrish	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Yamaha	+1 lap
12	Max Wiener		Suzuki	+1 lap
13	Alex George		Suzuki	+1 lap
14	Werner Nenning	Mobel Nenning Racing Team	Suzuki	+1 lap
15	Seppo Rossi	Kouv MK	Suzuki	+1 lap
16	Raffaele Pasqual		Suzuki	+1 lap
17	Sergio Pellandini		Suzuki	+2 laps
Ret	Christian Sarron	Team Sonauto Gauloises	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Leandro Becheroni		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Franco Uncini	Team Zago International	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Boet van Dulmen		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Wil Hartog	Riemersma Racing	Suzuki	Accident
Ret	Carlo Perugini		Suzuki	Accident
Ret	Lorenzo Ghiselli		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Marco Lucchinelli		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Dennis Ireland	Derry's Racing	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Eddie Grant		Suzuki	Retitred
Ret	Michel Rougerie		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Gianni Rolando	Scuderia Naldoni	Suzuki	Accident
Ret	Carlo Paganini		Suzuki	Retired
DNS	Hiroyuki Kawasaki	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	Did not start
DNQ	Gregorio Mariani		Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ	Peter Sjöström	Ava MC Stockholm	Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ	Jurgen Steiner	Suzuki Deutschland	Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ	Sandro Moro		Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ	Corrado Tuzii		Suzuki	Did not qualify
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